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DHREE FINE LOTS FOR S75-Lots /, ?, and
| 3, in block 30, original city lot No. 3, range
2. east side Of San Antonio river. 7. B. JOHN
son LIGHT office. g-2-tf
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BoULANGER seems to approve Of SRdi
CRrnOt Rs the head OF the French Re-
public. His election was purely in lhe
Interests Of pacitiOatiOn and may &C
, Hsamplish the desired result.
or rent IA.
ar of fha duoe,
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AGENTS FOR THE LIGHT.
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Bargains,--F Sale, For Rent.

|-|-"-|---"-0---"-"-7-|"
VNWO-Fine building lots for sale. size uOxl7O
/ feet, in block 1877, west of San Pedro cTe5k
adjoining Krisch property. Inquire of T. B.
johnson, LIGHT office
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IN 0OO Subscribers to the WEEKLY LIGHi
lU,UUU wanted. at only 81 a year.

eOSOO VIII buy a Five-rOOm House, with
OEOUU two galleries, OuthOuses aud large
lot; house bran new and nicely finished:
waterwOrks in house; a number of young
fruit and shade trees; centrally located.
Ierms-SljOO cash, balance in II months. AID
dress T. b. JOHNSON, LIGHT office. 9-2-tf
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For Rent.

-Hambleton, Hadley II Co. advertise houses
stores, rooms or farms to rent free of charge.
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29

McGarrigle the first convicted Chicago
bood]er, and a pal of Mike Mcdonald
Jo Mackey s. Co., desired to meet an Off
cial at his residences for the purpose Of
giving the whole boobies business away.
The official couldn L meet him; but Nc
Garrigle felt SO ''all gonisA'' upon theA
prospect of not seeing his wifeor getting
a bath that the tender hearted sheriff
took him home. The sheriff waited in the
parlor while McGarrigle took the1,ath.2 3
1t IS now thought that McGarrigle in
tends to battle IN lake Michigan or wait
until he gets to Canada. Chicago de-
tectives are securing the lakes With tug.
boats; but McGarrigle has probably left.
us.
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29

are gone or going. We are on the up
grade. Prosperity but not D0O1E
is with us. The territory is DUOIM
healthier than eyer before in its history.
[Slnce writing the above one Of the
finest improved boom farms in the ter
ritory has been offered for sale for one
fourth Of its value. It is all fine wheat
land, except pond of fresh water and
some hay meadow. The farm contains
$50 acres, and will he sold without cash,
and for q share of the crop each year
until paid for, or it will be sold very
cheap for cash. It is convenient to vii
lage III miles) and three elevators, Ad-
dress COURIER Office, Cooperstown, D.
TT
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29

The Bismark Tribune thinks, tRat SO
mnch capital is invested in the liquor
business sudden wipe out would ''ser-
iously cripple other enterprises remote
from the liquor traffic. Between bus
iness and its political preferences the
Tribune seems always between the
Devil and the deep sea. Men may come
and men may 60, from governors to.
alderman, but the Tribune is always ''ofhss
cial.' II
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29
Green advertiser
Dev. No, sir.
Stranger soeeps.)

Dev. No. sir.
stranger toeeps.
Dsv. Why do you weep, kind sl-p
stranger. Boy I weep because the
the harvest may be ended, the summer
done and James Winthrop Green may
be sold out by the cruel sheriff and he
will not know-because his beautiful
tree claim may be jumped and lost and
he will be uncon scious of it-because a
fortune of a million dollars may be left
him and he will still go round buying
seven cents worth Of crackers and a cod
fish for dinne1-because wheat may
jump to a dollar bushel and he will
continue to borrow money on 1t at S per
cent. month-t,ecause the commits
sione1s may offer the courthouse tor
gopher tails while he strvchnines goph-
ers with strycl,nine at s. per bottle-be-
cause his next neighbor may run away
with the hired girl and he not hear of it
for mOnth-because he can't expect
me to hunt all over town !for the coffin
plate on his front door to find out what
kind of sEebang he is running. James
Winthrop Green wanted credit of our
house for four bushels of peanuts, seven
dollars worth of spring bonnets, and
nine rods of barbed wire fencing; but lie
is dead and gone out of business, and
will SO mark him. Here devil is a dol
lar or:.your trouble. We have no truck
with the dead, and man who neither
takes his county paper nor advertises is
dead-dead-dead and the lord have
mercy on his soul!
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29

The FARMER, the enterprising agri-
cultural weekly of st. Paul, Minn., for
July 81. will contain an illustrated
article giving the life history of the
Chinch bug, an account of it's habit, its
natural enemies and the best artificial
means for stopping its ravages. We ad-
wise every farmer reader to send a postal
card to THE FARMER, asking for a copy.
which will be sent free. ~ -
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29
DEAD.

SCENE. Courier Office, editor out.
DEVIL Discovered at desk acritinq a
poem. STRANGER enters from door
r.
Stranger. Sir, are you the editor
of this paper.
Dev. No, slr. am the devil.
Stranger. Well, you look it. I am
Abraham Comstock 4 Co., general
dealer in dry goods, peanuts, hats and
caps, boots and shoes, barbed wire
fencing, millinery, groceries, hardware,
confectionery, wines, liquors and cigars
IN short, anything to be found in
first-class country store. Here is my
card.
IDEALS his card.)
Dev. You must have got this print
ed at some snide shop in Chicago. Sorry
I havn't got a card # my own. You
sit down and I will print you one of my
cards, and then we can exchange.
Stranger. 1t isn't necessary. AS I
understand it you are the kid that sticks
type upside down, corrects the galleys
with a monkey wrench, spells christian
qurischsi o n and throws rocks at
Mrs. Browns ducks, besides writing to
your girl on the Office letter heads with
your tongue hanging out a foot or more.
Dev. You must have met lme be.
fore. Why didn't you say you were in
the insurance buslness?
Stranger. Never. mind that my
son, want to see your subscription
list.
Dev. Don't you want the ledger and
the bank book? You 60 and get your
bond filed out for $500 and will lock
you up in the refrigerator so you will
keep till the editor comes with shot.
gun.
Stranger. Does James winthrop
Green take your paper?
Deu. No, sir.
Stranger. Does James winthrop
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29

We acknowledge the receipt Of a COM
plimentary to the south Dakota fair at
Mitchell. and to the Minneapolis exposi-
tion. Each exhibition will be q
reeking saturnalia of considerations.
both amusing. and instructive.
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29

The three-cent round trip rate
given the people who attend the Mime
apolis Exposition is the lowest trans
portation ever given any institution for
any length Of time and will undoubtly
result in an enormous attendance at the
Great Exposition.
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29

1t is said Blaine's second choice for
president is Chauncy NJ. Depew, the
New York railroad lawyer and million-
aire. 1t is evident that our Jim proposes
to hold the fort himself. The presi-
dent of the New York Central will never
occupy the White House. Jay Could
has as good a chance. q
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29

The ice IS gradually thawipg out
around La Moure as appears froh the
last ''oficial proceedings of the county.
board. John McNeill is awarded $s5
for cutting ice around La Moure
BRIDGE" Say, Brother Potter, wheat is
about ready to cut up this way.
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29

An aerolite which fell in Georgia is
covered with pictures probably soap
advertisements. If so, it demonst rates
that the inhabitants Of the other planets
use soap.
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29

The three-year-old boy of Frank
Aikens, chairman of the judiciary COM
mittee Of the late legislature, fell into a
tub of boiling water, Thursday, at Cam
ton, and died in few hours.
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29
IN THE BOOM.

The farmer then, coming into the
country without One Dollar, immediate.
" preempte1, or hornesteaded land. built
hlm shanty, with lumber at $50 per
thousand, bought HIM spawned and
ay ssS tts% sndss for $500, ss :sss :sss's ana at
MI the paraphernalia for farm work
ut equally extrayagant prices; for which
be gaye his NOTES bearing IL per
cent interest. That is, he went into
debt to the extent of say, % nm
simultaneously with his VZ,OOO,
ADVENT in Dakota.
Sweet Boonvilie! Ioveliest village of the plain
Where health and plenty cheered the laboring
Swain.
Alas. there was not then, nor is there
nova GEM ETERY III the place.
But it was evident that the people were
not in Boomville for their healths. AS
a man with good digestion does not
realize that he has a STOMACH SO the
people forgot the blessings of health
.and even plenty, and went into debt,
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29

John Bright says Of the jubilee that
during the queens fifty years of power
she has engaged in foreign wars seven
teen times everyone Of which wars
were unjushfiable. and brutal and
cowardly.
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29
Office in Lawrence's Bank.
tn ID G 0 U R IE R ],
FUBL1sHED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING
By FRED'K. I'll. ADAMS.

In1Q82 four hundred boomers
were rathered in Boonsville, Dakota ter
.itory. With these 400 boomers were
associated 400 men, women and children
who were like unto the ordinary design
ers Of a Nesp England village. Town
lots were worth from 800 to ST ,OOO, and
these lots were 25 feet in width--so
precious was the land round about.
Adjoining farm property was valued at
500 per acre. So BRIGHT AND
CHEERFUL was the glow that the
Room threw over the land.
rN TIlE R(MlM
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29

~SSSSs N-SO~
harvest, and the five hundred dollar
bundle of spavins and ringbones wln-
tered on the range. 1t was sublime
!Saitb;; butt did not Dif1.
III fares the land to Fastening ills prey,
Where factories prosper and machines decay.
The land there, as now, ,:.was the mcst
fertile in the world, for it was in the
heart Of the GREAT WHEAT BELT
unequalel except by the valley of the
Nile, and infinitely superior to it for
DIVERSIFIED FARMING. Cattle
fatten at the straw stack. The county
abounds in the heaviest meadows of ma
tural grasses. There is coal in the hills
and timber on the rivers. The wheat
yield has never averaged less than IS
bushels per acre, and has averaged 80
bushels.
Yet IN that boom time the prairie ,caa
Observation-Disclosures ras little land stude,
cultivation, and ihe honsas asere board
shanties. There aras no stock IN the couss.
tn. There acre neither schoolhoslses
churches nor elevators. The prairies
were treeless and birdless. But nov
all is changed-Dakota has a population
of 6OO. 600. It has more churches, eleva
tors, school houses, and newspapers
than any other territory, or any one o1
the states, except New York, Ohio
and Pennsylvania. The trees are grow
ing upon the prairies, and the bird
have come, and come to stay.
AFTER THE BOOM.
Griggs courier., 1887-07-29

SCENE. Courier office, editor out.
DEVIL discovered at desk ,critinq a
poem. STRANGER enters from door
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All at once he stopped, reared upon
his launches and looked up, and as he
did so he received shot from the mus
ket and rolled over on the granary
floor.
Mr.. Kennison dropped the musket
took took Ben by the collar.
"And now" said he, chow came that
bear herep''
"Won him at raffie," sobbed Ben.
I'm rafiler' exclaimed Mr.. Kenni-
son, in amazement. "And then you
brought him home and put him in the
granary, and let him eat up my robes
and harness. Suppose some one had
gone into that granary, not knowing
the bear was there?"
"He'd come right out again. j
reckon"
Exactly so. How came you to be
engaged in raffle?"
Ben explained.
The scene that ensued was not en-
acted in so good style as it might have
been if Bruin had not destroyed the use
fitness of the silver-mounted whip.
Still, very effective work may be done
with a well-selected piece of birch.
Ben's part in the performance proved
that his voice had not been worn out in
shouting through the granary scuttle.
Although this happened many years
ago, City Editor Kennison has not for
gotten what he paid for that bear, and
he has had low opinion of raffles ever
sinbe that Charles D. Clark, in
Youths COMPANION.
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EvENTIDE.

Slowly the golden sun sinks down
Der sleepy village and quiet town;
The young birds nutter In downy nest,
Like tired babes on mothers breast.
Up from the pastures sweet with hay
The cattle slowly wend their way;
Through shadowy lanes the children stray.
Reluctantly they leave their play.
The moonlight falls on land and sea.
On desert plain, across the lea,
On humble cot or palace walls
Gently Its silvery radiance falls.
On the evening air rich music swells,
IT'S the silvery notes Of the evening bells;
Now soft and low, now loud and clear
The bells ring out good cheer, good cheer.
o, eventide, blest eventide,
When we shall lay our cares aside,
When weary feet no more shall roam,
And we may dwell In peace 1T home.
Belle n. Bldeker. In Good Housekeeping.
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POPULAR QUOTATIONS.
The Origin Of Number OF Familiar Max
inns and Phrases.

The Origin Of Number of Familiar Mar
inns and Phrases.
Who wrote the letters of Junius? It
is generally conceded that Sir Philip
Francis did, but there is no certainty
about it. 1t has been well said, how
ever, that the time spent in trying to
find out who Junius was would be better
expended in learning to write as well
as Junius wrote.
''God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb" was long believed to be from the
Scriptures. But Sterne wrote it in his
Sentimental Journey"
This is the time when these questions
come up like Banquo's ghost ("Mac-
BETH" Scene 8, Act II). and win not
''down" until traced to their proper
lineage.
A correspondent asks: who origin
ated the phrase. Pouring oil on the
troubled waters?'" That discussion
came up here in Detroit some five years
ago. A lady riding in a Cass avenue
horse car asked another lady if she
knew. Then a gentleman offered to
write to friend of his, a fellow Of
Edinburgh College. and, taking the adj
dress of the lady. he gave his own. In
the course of some months the letter
came, and DR.. Samuel Leggert copied
this part of it into his Webster's Die
tionary of quotations, where it is re-
corded in his fine, scholarly handwrit-
ing:
THE venerable Bede says: "A priest
called Utta was sent into Kent to fetch
Lanplede, King Edwine's daughter, who
was to be married to King Osin, A. D.
617. Before his departure Utta visited
Bishop Sida and besought his prayers
for prosperous journey. The bishop
blessed him and gave him pot of oil,
saying: Remember that you cast into
the sea this oyle that will give you and
the wind being laid comfortable fayre
weather shall ensue on the sea. ="
This has nothing to do with the ia
miliar phrase burning the midnight oil:
Whence is thy learningi Hath thy toll
/. Ger books consumed the midnight oils
The couplet was written by Gay and
used by many of the English bards.
There is another popular quotation
which has been run to the ground re-
Gently:
When ignorance IL bliss
It's folly to be wise.
This was written by the poet Gray in
poem on Eton College.
when Greek meets Greek, then
comes the tug Of war;" is popular
misquotation from when Greeks joined
Greeks, then was the tug of war;" writ
ten by N. Lee. who died in 1892.
The majority Of readers will insist
that Cleanliness is next to godliness"
is in the Bible, but it is not John Wes-
ley said it in this wise: Certainly this
is duty. not q sin; cleanliness is, in
deed. next to goodness. From whom
did he quote?-Detroit Free Press.
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-Sixty-five tons of steel rails arc
turned out daily at the roller-milss in
Columbia, Pa.
Italian astronomers place the age
of the world at SO. ZOO. 900 years, and
are agreed that it has been peopled for
about SO. 600, 000. - Boston Budget.
Experiments tried with new cleo
trical device for use in feeding sheets
of paper to printing presses prove quite
successful. 1t is automatic. and notice
of any trouble is signaled at once by
ringing bell.--Albany argus.
The steam-power of Great Britain
is estimated to perform the work Of
more than 400. 000. 900 able-bodied men
which must nearly represent the labor
capacity of the entire human race with
out the aid Of neutrality-suspicious.
IrdUeier
IN. A. Bulle, of Besancon, France.
has effected the direct electro-chemical
deposition of palladium on iron. steel
and other metals The deposition Is
made directly and of any required
thickness. and constitutes the last pro-
cess in finishing the manufactured arti-
cle.-BostoB Budget.
AN English experimenter finds that,
contrary to general opinion. growth
of ivy over house renders the interior
entirely free from moisture; the ivy
extracts every possible particle of
moisture from wood, brick or stone for
its own sustenance. by means of the
tiny roots, which work their way into
even the hardest stone.-N. y Sun.
james Burns, Scotch blacksmith.
employed in the railroad shops at We
roma, Pa. claims to have discovered
process Of welding copper--one Of the
long-sought secrets of nature, which
viii add greatly to the economy of the
use of copper in metallurgic arts.
Burns displayed his performance at
a Pittsburgh rolling-mill. by the use OF
secret chemical. welding copper at
every triaL-S0n francisco Chronicle.
The New Orleans Cotton World
gives some interesting facts connected
with the present. business and the fu-
ture prospects of the Southern cotton
mills. These mills have taken cotton
freely this season, and since the first Of
September last have been running full
time. The trade is better than at any time
for several years, and the prospects for
the continuance of active business ara
so flattering that new mills are being
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INGENIOUS MAIDENs.

Trio Of Cincinnati Girls Married In the
Same Wedding Costume.
1t is not an uncommon thing for q
young man with swelling chest and .
collapsed purse to rent claw-hammer
coat for an occasion in which he wishes
to appear as hailing from palatial
home rather than from q six by nine
room next to shingled roof, but the
recent experience of three ingenious
young ladies of this city is out Of the
ordinary.
These young ladies are all about the
same age and size. and by singular
coincidence were all to be married
about the same time. They were all
ambitious to have swell weddings and
stunning outfits, but their purses were
not long enough for both, and to possess
the latter even was financial puzzle
which gave them many sleepless
night.
Finally they put their heads together
and hit upon plan. They decided to
give up the big wedding. but they would
have the bang up outfit by pooling their
moneys. No 1. who was to be married
first, was to make bargain with the
dressmaker to make any alterations de-
sired in the trousseau after the wedding
was over. and the three were to 60 to-
gether to selectit The dress was made
up in the very pink of the fashion, with
point lace enough to exhaust the stock
Of q Worth, and bride No. was married.
The ceremony over, the trousseau was
turned over to No. and she took it to
the dressmaker for alteration according
20 contract, and in it she was married,
after which the second refitting was
done and again the brilliant outfit took
its place before the marriage altar
and third bride was the envy Of the
few guests present because Of the gor-
geous bridal decorations. How was the
dress paid fori No. l paid half the
bill because she had the first wear.
Nos. and 8 shared the other hall. No.
3 was willing to pay a. much - No. 3
because. although she did not have
the privilege Of the second wear, she,
by mutual consent, kept the dress
Cincinn0tj Star.
-Accordin0 tn the last conaus tharA
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Skilled Labor Cheapest.

The farmer too often makes the mis-
take of employing man who will work
for the least money, without regard to
his ability. If he has some minor build
ings to erect instead ofsecuring good
carpenter, it is thought to be economy
to secure an ordinary laborer at half
the price per day. In such case it is
nearly always true that the skilled
workman would do much more than
twice the work in day. Then the
satisfaction Of having the work, in any
line of improvement or repairs, as it
should be, is sufficient reason, too, for
such course. There is FITNESS of
things" which should be continually
kept in view.-Natiosal Live- Stoch
Journal.
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There were lS9 insane hospitals in
the United States accordingto the tenth
census. The number of insane then in
institutions was 40,942, besides 1,141
idiots. This number increases about
six per cent a year, and the number at
home. which in 1880 approached 40, 600.
is steadily decreasing; In 1890 there
will probably be found about 125, 900 in.
sane in the country, of whom $4,000
will be in institutions. Here is vast
and increasing army that represents an
immeasurable amount of disappointed
hopes. anxiety and misery, well-nigh
hopeless in many cases.-Boston Budget
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Michael Yerger. Of Montgomery
County, Pa. glories in the honor Of
having inserted rings in the noses Of
over thirteen Thousand pigs during two
years, being far ahead of any other man
in the profession, as far has heard from.
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According to the last census there
are 1896. 742 Germans in this country.
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wild snort of fright and made such a
sudden spring that he threw Mr.. Ken
nison out, and before he could be stopped
he was running rapidly across the
yard. As Mr.. Kennison got up. greatly
puzzled by the horses fright, he heard
a savage roar issue from the granary.
He sprang up and ran to the door and
was about to enter, when Ben caught
his arm.
Father" he said, don't go there. !"
"What is the matterP what is in
there?''
"A bear. !" replied Ben. desperately.
1T you'll go up the ladder and look
down into the granary, ! guess you can
see him. He can't do any more damage;
he's already done all he CAM
Mr.. Kennison ran up the ladder and
looked down into the granary, and as
he did so a furious growl came up from
below. The keen eyes of the old gen.
tleman wandered over the ruin which
the bear had wrought. Then he turned
to Ben.
go and get my gun"
Ben never went to the house and back
more quickly than he did that time. He
brought the big musket which had seen
service in battle.
Mr.. Kennison looked down at the
bear, which had been running around
the grsnary. and was apparently anx-
ions to get at the stalwart man above,